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Year 13 Art Exam

Our Year 13 Art students completed their 15 hour Art Mock Examination today. They produced a variety of eye-catching compositions working in medias such as mono printing, embroidery, low relief 2D, acrylic, to name a few. Here is a sneak peak, but the whole selection of work will be exhibited at in the Summer Show in Presdales Art department in June.

Well done for all of your hard work girls!

Work by Anna Livingstone, Amy Lodge, Pippa Gillingham, Rachel Ward and Jessica Whitby.

Mrs Bird

Year 9

Year 9 have been working on the theme of ‘outside’ this term. Their experimental work displays an array of skills from inks, pen to collage. After Christmas, we will be observing objects from inside, creating a still-life study. The final outcome, a surreal juxtaposition of both elements of inside and out.

9R

Year 9 created surreal eyes for a class competition. The results were very imaginative and displayed excellent illustrative techniques. Well done 9R.

Mrs Page

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The Art Society, London

Three A level pieces of art have been chosen from our A level Fine Art show to be exhibited in The Royal Over Seas League and at The Mall Galleries, London in the new year. 200 students’ art pieces were nominated throughout the UK, resulting in a final 20 pieces finally being chosen for the Star Student exhibition.

Well done and congratulations to Grace Stansall Seiler, Amy Pozzilli and Erin Hartnett. We are so proud of you.

Year 11 mock Art exam

Our Fine art students in Year 11 have created some amazing work in their 10 hour Art exam this week. The results are fantastic! Their portraits are based on their own personalities and identities and will become part of their GCSE exhibition this summer. Well done to all the students from Mrs Francis and Mrs Page.

 

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Artists and Photographers of the Month – October

Artists of the Month

Year 7 : Jessica Deasy

Year 8 : Rosa Ward

Year 9 : Sophie Doyle

Year 10 : Zoe Kiers

Year 10 : Hannah Wood

Year 11 : Amelia Stephen

Year 11 : Isabel Oseman

Year 12 : Rosie Hough

Year 13 : Eleanor Turpin

Photographers of the Month

Year 12 : Luis Gogol

Year 13 : Alessia Mariotti

Year 12 Photography

Well done to all the Year 12 photography students who have been producing some fantastic outcomes after the recent Photoshop masterclass.

Year 12 Art trip to Cambridge, 6th November 2019

Our Art students recently enjoyed a day in Cambridge studying, drawing and recording natural forms. We visited Cambridge Botanical Gardens and Cambridge Zoolological museum.

The students brought back a variety of ideas and images to inspire their portfolios.

Year 10 GCSE Art Lino Printing day, Thursday 14th November

A fabulous day was had by our students yesterday. The students learnt new lino printing techniques and experimented with unusual and colourful backgrounds. Everyone worked very hard and produced beautiful prints for their coursework.

Well done to all the students from Mrs Francis.

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Our new Art/Photography Prefects 2019/20

Ava Cabbani Charlotte Ellis Molly Reid Maddie Meins Helen Tang Georgia Ridley Simge Horoz Jasmine Cooper Elainne Grant

Congratulations to you all and thanks for all your wonderful applications!

Photography Workshop

“We spent an entire day learning how shutter speed and aperture can affect your photography. We experimented with light painting in the morning, which allowed us to create a range of patterns, and explored both smaller and larger apertures in the afternoon. I found the workshop really interesting and, with help from the photography staff, we were able to create incredible work to utilise in our coursework.”

Siobhan Barnsley

Year 11 Lino print workshop day

Imaginative and skilful work was created last week by our Year 11 GCSE Art students. Advanced printing techniques were discovered and practised, resulting in wonderful prints to be added to our students’ portfolios. Well done to everyone!

 

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Head’s Award

Congratulations to Amber Dunstan and Yuhsuan Chen in Year 13 who won the ‘Head’s Award’ this term. Their beautiful art work will be displayed in Mr Warren’s office.

Year 12 Art Print Workshop

We had the whole day off timetable to participate in a lino workshop, which consisted of carving our tiles and printing them with high quality inks. Doing this workshop allowed us to not only add another beautiful piece into our A-level books but also expand into other media. We were taught new techniques to improve and advance our lino skills. I found it very enjoyable and helpful as the art staff helped us choose our print design and size, as well as helping us throughout the day with the lino itself. With the materials and supplies the art department was able to provide us, our Year 12 class was able to produce fantastic quality prints.

Madison Meins

Year 12 Photography

Year 12 photographers are already taking some fabulous photos. Well done from the art department.

 

A level Summer Art & Photography Exhibition

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On Friday 7th June, we held our A level Summer Art & Photography Exhibition. Congratulations to all of our wonderful Year 13 students and good luck for the future. We felt that this exhibition in particular showed an outstanding body of work and the Art staff felt very proud. Thank you to all who attended and showed their support to our Art Department and Year 13 students.

Year 9 Artwork

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Year 9 have been designing some fantastic Converse inspired by a country of their choice. The designs demonstrated a variety of media and wonderful imagination. Well done all of you.

Year 12 Fine Art Exam

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Well done to all of our Year 12 Fine Art students who have just completed their 10 hour exam. They all produced amazing studies based on their portfolio themes. Here is a selection.

Year 10 Summer Art Exam

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Recently, our Year 10 GCSE pupils completed a 10 hour exam based on Sweets. They produced two observational studies each and here are a small selection of their coloured pieces. Well done to everyone! We are all so proud of you.

Year 12 & 13 Art and Photography Trip to Barcelona

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Our Year 12 & 13 Art and Photography students enjoyed 4 days in sunny Barcelona this Easter. We visited Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell, Barcelona Aquarium, Las Ramblas and Casa Batllo as well as many other beautiful sites. They have all returned afresh with inspiring resources for their next project. Well done to everyone that came for your excellent behaviour and thanks to Mrs Wall and Mrs Sykes for all your outstanding help.

Mrs Francis

 

 

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